So interesting. Unwittingly our anti-environment president has the world hustling to install wind turbines and solar panels, especially China. In 2024 China accounted for more than half the world's new wind and solar energy. It derives 30% of its energy from electricity--40% more than the US or Europe. And as the Iran war has countries scrambling to reduce oil use, China manufactures 91% of solar panels and 89% of lithium ion batteries.
And so a misguided war is hastening green energy use and creating trillions in green energy panels and battery sales for China. The environment and China are the big winners and Trumpmerica is the biggest loser.
While he is trying to corner the market on oil, the demand will be reduced as Western Europe and the Pacific Rim turn more and more to renewables. Yet another failed business venture built on greed and impulsivity.

Revelation 2:12-15 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


They Hold Fast to Christ

I live in the USA. I am pretty well informed of the spiritual condition of the church at large in my nation and how it parallels the church in Pergamum. From what I have read, observed, and experienced over my 76 years of life in various states and cities and church gatherings within my nation, I would venture to say that the minority fits the first paragraph while the majority fits with the description in the second paragraph. Those who hold fast to the name (character) of Jesus, and who do not deny him are in the minority.

Few, it seems are teaching what Jesus taught as the gospel of salvation:

Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

They Teach the People Lies

So, what is meant here by some of them held to the teaching of Balaam and of the Nicolaitans? What they taught is what is so popularly being taught in the majority of what are called “churches” in the USA today. They taught spiritual and moral compromise. For they gave permission to those who professed faith in Jesus Christ to continue in deliberate and habitual sin and to participate in what is sexually immoral. For they taught that the people did not have to repent of their sins or obey God, in practice, as a requirement of God for salvation from sin and for eternal life with God.

Or, if they teach repentance and obedience to God, many teach it as recommended but as optional. For they pervert the grace of God into a license to keep sinning. They teach that God’s grace forgives their sins but does not require that they die to sin and obey God in practice. Few teach that we must die to sin and obey God as believing faith which saves and which promises eternal life with God. But God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives (see Titus 2:11-14).

Revelation 2:16-17 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


Repent, or Else!

The New Testament Scriptures, under the New Covenant (and Jesus taught the New Covenant), teach us that faith in Jesus Christ comes from God, it is gifted to us by God, it is not of our own doing, not of our own flesh, but it is persuaded (convinced) of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need (and God’s requirement) that we deny self, die to sin daily, and follow our Lord in surrender to his will and in obedience to his commands, by his grace and in his power. But if we refuse, and we continue in sin and in disobedience, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Where the Throne of Satan Sits
An Original Work / July 20, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Seek the Lord

Based off Isaiah 55
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”

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Mayor calls for action, community support​

Why you should care:
In a statement, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said, "This is a stark reminder that keeping our streets safe requires every tool available. We need partnerships where the perpetrators of these acts are arrested and prosecuted, we need to continue hiring more police officers to both investigate and prevent gun crimes..."

The Mayor is on it, rest easy.

Hello, I have been struggling with mental illness since a child and am now in my mid 40s, and I also have considered myself a Christian since a child.. I struggle immensely with ocd, anxiety, and in turn making "certainty", "knowing", impossible for me, especially when it comes to what we hope for as Christians.( I do realize many say certainty shouldn't be looked for that's where faith comes in )I have never done any drugs or drinking etc so this perspective is not created but just simply how I'm wired. For the most part I like the meloncholy deep thinking creative analytical personality I have however it is very difficult in my walk with the Lord. I just crave that "knowing" and "assurance " so many seem to have. I am curious if you think this is the thorn in the side that Paul talked about that will help make my testimony? It seems it would take divine intervention for me to get over this issue. Day in and day out I plead to have that assurance and knowing that so many Christians have. I feel if I had this so much of my anxiety would dissapear.Anyone similar or understand and have any advice?

Please pray that God will allow me to hear my son Jakeb'sl laughter tonight and that he makes him healthy and happy. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen

Revelation 2:8-10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


Setting the Stage

Now, what I am going to share here I have shared multiple times before, so this will not be new information to most of you. But it is necessary in order to illustrate the message I believe the Lord is leading me to share with you this evening. I believed in Jesus at age 7. I am now 76.5 years old. I walked with the Lord, in fellowship with him, and in obedience to his commands most all my life, not perfectly, but consistently and persistently in my desire to know him, to live for him, and to please him in doing his will for my life.

But I did go through a period of time, in the middle there somewhere, where I was led astray to sin against the Lord, at times, in ways I never thought I would ever do. But the Lord did not give up on me, and eventually he brought me back around. And after a few years he called me to this ministry of writing down what I am learning from him from my times spent with him in his word, and then to post these writings on the internet. I have been doing that for about 22 years now, nearly daily for the past 20 years.

God’s Calling

When I answered God’s call on my life, he was using dreams and visions as parables to help me to understand what he wanted me to learn from his word, as applied to our world today, much like Jesus spoke in parables when he lived on the earth. And he was putting the names of people and places and things I never heard of before, or I knew little about, in my mind. And so I was doing a lot of internet searches at a time when the internet was still pretty wide open and you could find information that is not easy to find now.

And then God began teaching me about the Bilderbergs, the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, NATO, the UN, the IMF, the World Bank, the Federal Reserve, Freemasons, Zionism, the Rockefellers, the Rothschilds, the deep state, the WHO, Big Pharma, the WEF, the powerful elite, the New World Order, the All-Seeing Eye (national symbol), international law, the UN Bill of Rights, the shadow government, and Washington, D.C. history, etc. And all of this was absolutely new and foreign to me. But I needed to know about these. I needed my eyes opened.

Trials and Tribulations

But the more the Lord was teaching me about what was going on within my own nation (the USA), and within the world, so much of which I had no clue about before, and the more that I was learning about what the Scriptures teach, in the correct biblical context, things I did not have a clear picture of before, and the more that I was sharing this on the internet, and with some people in person, what all I was learning, the more that some people were distancing themselves from me, or they thought I was “off my rocker.”

Over the years, as I have written on topics taught in the Scriptures, or of a biblical nature resulting in having to expose the lies and to proclaim the truth of God’s word, the more some people have backed away and distanced themselves from me, for they thought I was too weird, or too radical, or too honest. And I have had people try to get me to back down, to soften the truth to make it friendlier or to avoid certain topics. But God has called me to expose the lies for what they are and to proclaim the truth of his Word.

The Feel Good Stuff

So many people today are craving the “feel good stuff,” and they are staying away from the “hard truths” which need to be taught. And it appears that not many people today want to read anything that can’t be read in a couple of sentences or in one paragraph only. The shorter, the better, I think for most people today, from what I can tell. But if you make it too short, it can sometimes lose the truth of what needs to be said, or it can be easily misunderstood without a good explanation of what is actually being taught.

So, if you are someone like me who is following the leading of the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is leading you to teach on what the Bible teaches on topics that are not the “feel good stuff,” and which have to confront unbiblical teachings, and which call out the lies for what they are, and which teach the hard and necessary truths of the Scriptures, most likely you will be opposed by those who disagree with you, and you may be falsely accused of wrong, and you may be stomped on or blocked or “unfollowed” or whatever.

God Knows

But the comforting thing in all of this is that God knows your affliction. He is fully aware of the slander against you. And he knew all this was going to take place. And you might recall that he warned you about this in advance. He prepared you for it so you would not be surprised by it (see Jeremiah 1). So don’t let it get to you. Don’t let it defeat you. Do not fear what you are suffering and what you are about to suffer. For God called you to be his messenger in getting out the truth of his word to the people. So persevere!

For, things are not going to get better. They are going to get much worse. The devil is on a rampage against you because you speak the truth of God’s word that he doesn’t want the people to hear. And we are living in the last days before the return of our Lord, and things are getting worse by the day. Lies and deception and false gospels and coddling people in their sins are all over the place. So be faithful to the death, and God will give you a crown of life. Do not let how other people treat you get you down. Rest in the Lord!

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 16:33; Acts 14:22; Romans 5:3-5; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; Hebrews 12:3-12; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

Do Not Fear Suffering
An Original Work / July 19, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Forever with Us

Based off Psalm 46
An Original Work / February 5, 2016
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Be still and know God is over all things.
Throughout the earth, He’ll be honored as King.
The Lord Almighty, forever with us.
He is our refuge when we’re in distress.

Therefore, we have not a reason to fear.
Trials will come, but our God is still near.
He is our helper, so we do not fall.
Mountains will quake, but on Jesus we call.

Joy to the Church, even if sorrow comes.
Enemies rage, but our faith marches on.
God’s Holy Spirit, now living within,
Gives peace and comfort, and grace without end.

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My opinion is more limited because it's been a while since I played console games. Lately though I have found myself wanting to listen to game reviews or opinions about upcoming games and it turns out there's a lot of them. In particular is the idea of game remakes. Some want minimal changes with a few quality of life improvements, others want a completely new experience with gameplay as long as the core of the story is intact, and others want a balance, not too different but an opportunity to enhance graphics and include cut content that never made it in the original due to limitations of the hardware.

Maybe it all really has to do with the level of confidence you have in a game developer to pull off something great. For example, a lot of gamers were not too pleased with the Halo combat evolved remaster. The graphics were noticeably better, but many were not pleased with the aesthetic. Some environments seemed too bright and took away from the appeal of the nighttime sniper mission, or some of the horror and suspense of later missions. With the Zelda remaster, I think it was received mostly well, but they didn't nail the vibe of the final boss fight too well because again, brightness. Even with the Halo campaign evolved remake coming out in a few days, some are not pleased with visuals of the forerunner architecture-- as it's suppose to look ancient and weathered like it's been there for a long time, but they went with a more polished new look.

All in all, I think the Halo campaign evolved game will be received decently while others may not feel it is worth the money. While seeing some of the gameplay, I didn't care too much what I saw concerning the standard missions, but the new prequel missions seemed interesting.

Maybe there is a silver lining in all of this. Maybe game developers need more time and experience with concepts like this before they can attempt a more ambitious project. Or maybe they do have the potential already, but a lot or some of them, mainly the leaders of the company are more interested in making a quick buck and profit off a game that could have performed better at launch.

Peace in Christ.

Age-lasting life (aka “eternal life”… aka “everlasting life”) pertains to this current age we are living in.

Our mortal bodies shall never perish throughout this present age as we have an “age-lasting” life. We remain “flesh and blood” throughout this current age and shall never mortally die....living TO the last day of this age.

We …the living…believe in Christ (who speaks to us the true Word of God). Those who are living and believing in Him shall NOT DIE INTO THE AGE. “throughout the age” = THIS CURRENT AGE. This is an age-lasting life to be had now throughout this present age. He delivers us out of this current age (by having life) so that we enter into the next age having never mortally perished.

John 11:26
Literal Standard Version
and everyone who is living and believing in Me will not die—throughout the age;

Jesus was made partaker of our flesh and blood nature so that through His mortal death He might destroy him that has the power of death. The “death” is the death of our mortal, flesh-and-blood bodies and that death has been rendered idle now in this age because of His sacrifice.

This is not about “spiritual death” as preached by those who have to spiritualize death away in order to smooth over their own mortal deaths and those they are deceiving. They are preaching their covenant with death and their agreement with the grave to many who are being deceived and are going down the path to there.

Heb 2:14 KJV
(14) Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

He has “abolished” …that is, rendered idle…death (death in our flesh-and-blood bodies). Just as death has no dominion over Him, it has no dominion over us. As He is alive, we live here in this world. But we must BELIEVE in what He says. We must receive His Word of Truth that He preaches to us. We must reckon ourselves dead to sin but ALIVE to God in Jesus Christ who has already defeated mortal death for us today. He is alive...He is resurrected.. so that we might have His resurrected life today.

2Ti 1:9-10 KJV
(9) Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

He has rendered mortal death idle and has brought life and immortality (unending existence) to light through the good news (gospel). The truth of the gospel has not been preached by the many false prophets who are currently leading MANY astray to their mortal deaths (having never received an age-lasting life).

(10) But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

We continue to live to the end of this current age (living TO the last day) where then (AT the last day) we (who will have never mortally perished) shall put on immortality in order to enter into the next age.

“Flesh and blood” cannot enter into the coming age where the kingdom of God rules over the entire earth. We must be changed before.

We (who shall never die through out this current age) shall be “changed” AT the last day of this current age from mortal (flesh and blood) into immortal before entering into the coming age.

We continue to mortally live TO the last day where AT the last day we are changed to immortal.

“We shall not ALL sleep”. We who inherit an age-lasting life now in this current ages shall never mortally die…we shall not sleep.

We have witnessed though the previous Christians before us who have all mortally perished. They “sleep” ….having an intermission from this current age. They have no part any more in what happens here in this earth in the remainder of this current age. They will be raised AT the last day of this age. They experience age-lasting death in judgment as they mortally perished under His wrath.

The dead believed in Christ but were led astray from inheriting that age-lasting life. They never heard the Word of Truth as the false prophets who “preached” to them did not understand it. They did not preach the truth of the gospel. Their pastors pastored the flock of the slaughter…those who mortally perished.

But Christ is Lord of both the dead (those who mortally perished without hearing the gospel of truth) and the living (those Christians who will inherit an age-lasting life now in this age because they heard the Word of Truth and believed).

The dead (who did not inherit an age-lasting life) shall be raised imperishable and “WE” (who inherit an age-lasting life) shall be changed from mortal to immortal. This happens AT the last day….at the last trump...before entering into the next age. This current age ends and the next age begins in a moment...in the twinkling of an eye

1Co 15:51-53 KJV
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

We today are to hear the Word of Truth and believe and be saved…to inherit an age-lasting life. Let that (the Word of Truth) which you hear abide in you. Keep the Seed….the true Word of God as preached by the true Christ.

Those who preach the true words of Christ are of the Spirit/Breath of Truth. They are of God. The antichrist is preaching the words from the spirit of error. They are not of God.

If what you heard from the “Beginning” (the Beginning is the true Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior) shall remain in you, you shall also CONTINUE in the Son and in the Father. We continue here because we have an age-lasting life now.

What do we hear from Him that should remain in us?

The Word of Truth that we hear and are to believe in…..having it ABIDE within us. The Seed remains in the believers. The unbelievers of His Word will not let it remain in them. The Seed is removed out of their hearts so that they cannot understand it and believe and be saved.

We who believe (keeping the Word within us) shall REMAIN here alive…continuing here in the Son and in the Father.

1Jn 2:24-26 KJV
(24) Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

This is the promise that He promised us: an AGE-LASTING life in the here-and-now age.

(25) And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal (AGE-LASTING) life.

Those who are seducing us will not hear His voice and believe it is Him speaking to them.

(26) These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

The deceivers will deny that the true Jesus is the true Christ when they hear His Truth as spoken by Him.

When they hear His Word of Truth as preached by Him, they will not believe that it is the true Jesus the true Christ speaking to them. They will hear His voice but will deny Him as the true Christ. If they deny the Son, then they are denying the Father as well.

1Jn 2:21-22
(21) I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
(22) Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
(23) Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father

The Word of the Lord REMAINS (present tense) INTO THE AGE. If we receive His Word (the good news as preached by the true Christ), then we are to also REMAIN INTO this current age. The Seed of the Word of Truth shall remain in us. We shall never mortally die (perish) but shall have an age-lasting life if we believe in Him who speaks to us today His Word.

“to the age”= INTO the age.

1 Peter 1:25
Young's Literal Translation
and the saying of the Lord doth remain -- to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.

He that does the will of God ABIDES (present tense) INTO THE AGE we are currently living in. The antichrists will not show love towards the brothers who come preaching the Word of Truth to their hearing ears. They will not do the will of God.

1Jn 2:17-18
(17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abides forever (INTO THE AGE).
(18) Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

The false prophets who are preaching from the spirit of error are not speaking the true teaching of Christ. They are antichrist even though they profess that they are speaking His words.

They will not listen to the brothers who are speaking His true words…who have Jesus Christ manifest in their mortal flesh.

Jesus HAS COME in the flesh of those who speak His true words to them. Greater is He (Jesus Christ) that IS IN YOU…in our mortal flesh…than he that is in them.

They will deny us who have Jesus speaking through us. They deny the true Jesus Christ and the Father who sent Him to speak to them through those who have Him in their mortal flesh. They will not believe that it is Him speaking to their hearing ears. "He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me."


1Jn 4:1-6 KJV
(1) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
(3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Jesus Christ HAS COME in our mortal flesh of those who are of God. Greater is He that IS IN YOU (in our mortal flesh) that he that is in the world.

The unbelievers of the orderly arrangements of the man-based churches will not believe that Christ is speaking through the true brothers who have Him IN their flesh.

(4) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
(5) They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Those who are of God will hear us and those who are not of God will not hear us.

(6) We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Those who are of the antichrist spirit will not hear us. He that does not hear you does not hear Him. He that rejects you rejects the true Jesus the true Christ and rejects the Father who sent Him. They deny that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh of those who speak His words. They deny the true Jesus and deny the Father when they do as the Father sent Him to speak the true words of God. they will not hear us (whom He is in) so they reject Jesus Christ (as they reject His words) and so reject the Father who sent Him to speak to them.

Luk 10:16 KJV
(16) He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

He that receives you receives Him and he that receives the Son receives the Father that sent Him.

Mat 10:40 KJV
(40) He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

This will all be repeated again. Those who love to be first in the man-based churches will NOT receive the brothers who come speaking the true words of the Lord. They will deny that Jesus has come in the flesh...that Jesus IS IN the mortal flesh of those brothers sent by Him to preach the Word of Truth to their hearing ears. They will behave badly towards them and any who will receive them. He that does good is of God and he that does evil has not seen God.

3Jn 1:9-11 KJV
(9) I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
(10) Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
(11) Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice
than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous,
God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead, still speaks.

God Testifies To Imputed Righteousness By The Bestowing Of Gifts​

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no
variation or shadow of turning.

God’s Good Gifts Are Perfect In The Timing Of The Giving​

Galatians 4:
4 But when the fullness of the time had come,
God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption as sons.
Romans 5:
6 For when we were still without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly.

Reconciled By Death, Saved By Life​

10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled,
we shall be saved by His life.

The Free Gift Of Righteousness Grants An Abundant Life​

15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the
offence of one many are dead, much more the grace of God, and
the gift by grace, by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned.
For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation,
but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification.

Justification By Faith Manifests Daily In Victorious Living​

17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they
which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall
reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.

A New Covenant Of Righteous Blood​

Hebrews 10:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,
and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better than Abel.

The Elect Established Under The Blood Of Sprinkling​

1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of
the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

The Blood Of Sprinkling Replaces The Water For Purification​

Numbers 19: The Red Heifer
2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer
without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
13 Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not
purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person shall be
cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the water of purification
was not sprinkled on him; his uncleanness is still on him.
16 Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who
has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
20 But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person
shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the
sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled
on him; he is unclean.

To Serve The Living God In Spirit And Truth​

Hebrews 9:
13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer,
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God?

Walk With God, Separate From Sinners​

2 Corinthians 6:
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are
the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them,
and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you.

The Spirit Of God Dwells In You​

1 Corinthians 3:
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and
the Spirit of God dwells in you?
17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him.
For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

The God Of The Living​

Matthew 22:
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what
was spoken to you by God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

The Gift Of The Firstfruits of Life Eternal​

1 Corinthians 15:
12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead,
how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
20 But now Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits
of those who have fallen asleep.

When concerns about the warping of a woman’s identity are added to the significant body of scientific evidence against the Pill, it seems as if women should be motivated in droves to dump their contraceptives and reclaim their fertility. However, despite greater acknowledgement that hormonal contraception might not be as harmless as everyone once thought, it does not seem that most women are prepared to give it up.

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I didn’t think I’d live to see the day a nearly 3,000-year-old staple of Western civilization became the talk of every pop culture news outlet, but here we are.

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The Morning Offering

Daily Quote..."I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent." - St. Arsenius the Great

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time readings & commentary

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time readings & commentary

Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven & the Gift of Time: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time readings & commentary

The Readings for Sunday, July 19, 2026, present parables focused on the mysteries of evil, growth, and transformation.

Sunday Reflections, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, 19 July 2026

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A) Bible study

Saint or Ain’t? A Homily for the 16th Sunday of the Year

The Owner of Our Hearts

Daily Gospel

The Precious BIood of Jesus – Short Meditations for July. July 19th — The Precious Blood a Lesson of Patience

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Divinum Officium

Our Morning Offering – 19 July – Prayer for Five Graces By St Alphonsus Liguori

Daily Quote...“The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.” - St. Vincent de Paul

Eighth Sunday After Pentecost propers & commentary

Fr. Leonard Goffine's instruction on the Eighth Sunday After Pentecost

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Scripture & Tradition: Eighth Sunday After Pentecost

In Illo Tempore: 8th Sunday after Pentecost

WDTPRS – 8th Sunday after Pentecost (1962MR): True freedom

The parable of the unjust steward: sermon on the eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Daily Gospel

The Precious BIood of Jesus – Short Meditations for July. July 19th — The Precious Blood a Lesson of Patience

Saint Vincent de Paul propers & commentary

Saint Vincent de Paul Founder of the Lazarist Fathers and the Daughters of Charity

Sermons for Everyday Living - St Vincent de Paul

Saint Vincent de Paul, Founder
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Have you noticed this phenomenon, where different people notice the same things, but conclude opposite conclusions? And sometimes, the conclusions are opposites. This makes debating very hard. How do you convince someone of something if your own evidence makes them get the opposite conclusion?

For example:

Statement: Money is hard to get
Conclusion 1: Then I must donate to those who need it
Conclusion 2: Then I must steal and hoard it

Statement: You only live once.
Conclusion 1: Avoid danger and live as long as possible
Conclusion 2: Find dangerous things to do like traveling, skydiving, etc and do them

Statement: Science is difficult to learn and complicated
Conclusion 1: I love learning science
Conclusion 2: I hate learning science
Statement: The human body is full of miracles and flaws
Conclusion 1: This is evidence of a creator, it's miraculous
Conclusion 2: This is evidence of no creator, it's flawed

Statement: Natural disasters kill so many people
Conclusion 1: If God exists, he's so merciless
Conclusion 2: So God exists, and he's so merciful

Statement: Everything about space and stars
Conclusion 1: This is evidence the universe was created by a creator
Conclusion 2: This is evidence the universe was created without a creator

Do Not Believe Every Spirit

1 John 4:1-3 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


We must be very careful in how we interpret this passage of Scripture, for the English word “confesses” usually represents a verbal acknowledgement only which is never enough in itself to assure that a person either is or is not from God. So if we look at the Greek word “homologéō,” we find that the word has a deeper meaning. It means to speak to the same conclusion as, to be in full agreement with and to align with God. And this is not verbal only. For if we are fully aligned with God it will show in our actions, too.

So, we even need to test the English translations (and all translations) of the Scriptures to see whether or not they agree with the Scriptures, as a whole. For in 1 John, chapters 1-3, we learn that if “we say” we have fellowship with God/Christ Jesus, yet we walk (in conduct, in practice) in sin, we lie. And if anyone “says,” “I know Him,” but does not keep (obey) his commands (New Covenant), he is a liar. And the one who “practices” righteousness is righteous, but the one who practices sin is of the devil. Actions speak loudly!

So, if we are to test the spirits, we cannot go by people’s confessions only. We cannot trust that just because someone claims to be a follower of Christ that they are who they say they are. For we have many “wolves in sheep’s clothing” among us who are liars, thieves, false apostles, false teachers, deceivers, and manipulators who speak lies to the people. So test what they are teaching against the teachings of the Scriptures taught in the correct biblical context to make sure that their words agree with the Scriptures.

We Are From God

1 John 4:4-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


So, how do we determine who is from God and who is not from God? We study the Scriptures to learn what they teach qualifies us to be from God or not from God. But we need to study them word by word and book by book in context, for many false teachings are being taught from Scriptures taught out of the appropriate biblical context. But the foundational teaching of the Scriptures is that a true follower of Christ will be someone who has denied self, died to sin (repented), and who is following our Lord in obedience.

Now, the Scriptures do not demand that we live in absolute sinless perfection and that we never fail to be all who God requires or desires that we should be. But they do teach that if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord’s commands, that we do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. So it all comes down to what we practice in lifestyle. That is what says who we really are and what we truly believe. And that will come out in the words which we speak and teach, as well.

So, if they speak from the world’s perspective then they are most likely teaching that God does not require of us that we repent (turn from) our sins and that we obey God’s commands in practice. Or else they are teaching these as optional and not as required for salvation from sin and for eternal life with God. For they call that “works salvation.” But the Scriptures are clear on this subject. We must die to sin and obey God, in practice, or we do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God guaranteed us.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

They Speak from the World’s Perspective
An Original Work / July 19, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Teach Them

Based off various scriptures
An Original Work / May 24, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Open up the blinded eyes of
Those who walk in sin’s darkness.
Turn them to the light of Christ
And to His righteousness.
Turn them from the pow’r of Satan.
Turn them to the peace of Christ,
So they may receive forgiveness
And eternal life.

Teach them to put off their old selves
And their former way of life,
And to put on their new self,
Reborn to be like Christ;
To not copy worldly customs;
Be transformed in life and mind;
Obey freely His word in them,
Pleasing unto God.

Teach them how to love their neighbors
Truly as they love themselves;
Be a witness; share the gospel;
Satan’s lies dispel;
Comfort all who mourn in sadness;
Share Christ’s love and joy today.
Do this through your life and witness
For your Lord always.

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You're probably familiar with the story of two visions, one of hell and one of heaven.

In the vision of hell, there's a gigantic table filled with every kind of delectable food imaginable. Those in hell are seated around the table, each holding a spoon with an enormously long handle. They can't get their spoons to their mouths, so they fight and struggle over the food and no one is fed.

In the vision of heaven is the same setup: large table full of food, everyone gathered around, each with an enormously long spoon.....but in heaven everyone is fed because, instead of trying to feed themselves, they all feed each other.

If socialism is good enough for those in heaven, why isn't it good enough for us on earth?

How well do you guys understand the Book of Revelation? I have met many believers in my over 20 years of serving the Lord on the mission field. And yet the vast majority of those I have encountered would struggle to summarize the essence of the Book, not to mention its various specific details. I think one big reason for this is the fact that most have never bothered to read the book straight through, from start to finish; and hence their understanding of the arc the book takes readers on is quite limited.

I recently did a video, where I do a general overview over the book, taking more of a bird's eye view toward the major themes and concepts. It's fascinating to me how the whole book fits neatly into three main categories: the first 7 chapters dealing with critiques for the churches and setting the scene, the next 7 chapters dealing with the seals and the Tribulation, and the final several chapters dealing with the wrath of God, the battles of Armageddon/Gog & Magog, and the new heaven and new earth. So poetic in the wisdom of God!

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It is up to each of us. We have to respect and seek the truth even when it does not support our worldview, beliefs, and biases. Do we have the character to such a commitment?

I don’t think so. It saddens me to say that truth and character are no longer priorities.

Pray that The Holy Spirit leads Israeli Christians to preach Jesus Christ's Gospel to Israelis so that they are guided by God as they vote in elections:

HAILE NAYZGI​

ERITREA​

At the time of his imprisonment on 23 May 2004, Reverend Haile Nayzgi was serving God as the chairman of the board of the Full-Gospel Church of Eritrea, the largest Pentecostal church denomination in the nation. Previously, he was a senior accountant with World Vision in Eritrea. Reverend Haile Nayzgi, who is married with two children, was one of the key organizers of the church’s activities in Eritrea. He has been moved to various locations since his arrest, but the actual charges against him have not been released.

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Prison Address:​

Wenjel Mermera
Central Investigation Centre
P.O. Box 712
Asmara
Eritrea

Please pray that if it is God's will the storms will miss us and that God will allow us to keep power and stay cool. Also that my son Jakeb is happy. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen

DR FITSUM-BERHAN GEBRENEGUS​

ERITREA​

Dr Fitsum-Berhan Gebrenegus, an Eritrean pastor and psychiatrist, was arrested on 18 November 2004 due to his involvement in the Mekane Hiwet Medhane-Alem Church, a renewal movement in the Eritrean Orthodox Church. Before his arrest, he served as the most senior doctor at St Mary Psychiatric Hospital in Asmara and was the only psychiatrist in Eritrea. Dr Fitsum helped organise the Medhane Alem movement.

He is believed to be held with other Christian leaders at the Wenjel Mermera Central Criminal Investigation interrogation center, a notorious maximum-security prison in Asmara. He remains incarcerated and cannot communicate with the outside world. Dr Fitsum is married and has one child. His wife went home to be with the Lord while he remained imprisoned.

Family Situation​

Dr Fitsum-Berhan Gebrenegus is now widowed with one child

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Contact Address:​

President Isaias Afewerki
Office of the President
PO Box 257
Asmara
Eritrea

1 John 2:15-17 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


Love Means to Prefer

The word “love” in the Greek is “agapaó,” and it means “to prefer.” It is most often used in the Scriptures with regard to preferring what God prefers, to choosing his choices, and to obeying them in his power. It has to do with preferring all that is holy, righteous, godly, morally pure, upright, faithful, honest, and obedient to God and to his commands. But in this current context here it is speaking of loving (preferring) the world, which would be to prefer what is sinful, wicked, immoral, dishonest, and unfaithful.

Sadly, it appears as though the majority of those professing faith in Jesus Christ here in the USA are in the category of preferring the world over and above God. For so many are believing a cheapened form of the gospel of Christ which states that we don’t have to repent of (die to) sin or obey God, and we can still be saved and on our way to heaven. Or they may teach that we should obey God and put sin to death, but they don’t require that for salvation from sin and for eternal life with God, although God indeed does!

Preferring The World

So, if we prefer the desires (lusts) of the flesh, the desires (lusts) of the eyes, and the pride (empty boasting, arrogance, wandering, roaming) of life in this sinful world, this is in place of preferring what God prefers. This is not of God but of human sinful flesh. So this has to do with preferring to sin deliberately and habitually rather than to obey God and to live holy lives. It is preferring sexual immorality to moral purity, and lies to honesty, and adultery to faithfulness to both God/Jesus and to marriage partners, etc.

What does this say about if we prefer what is of the world over and in place of what is of God? It says that the love of the Father is not in us. And this is taught all throughout the New Testament, not in these same exact words, but with the same message. For we are taught that if our faith in Christ is genuine biblical faith that it will result in us repenting of (dying to) sin and obeying our Lord. But if disobedience to God and sinful practices are what remain, and what we do in practice, we don’t have eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

The World is Passing Away

So we must pay close attention to what this teaches us because our salvation is dependent on us knowing and believing the truth and not the lies. A true believer in Jesus Christ should be dedicated to the Lord and to his service with a hunger for God and his truth, and with a sincere desire to do his will. So, if you profess faith in Jesus Christ, convinced that heaven is now your eternal destiny and that all your sins are forgiven, but then you continue in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands, you do not have salvation from sin and eternity with God.

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

Do Not Prefer the World
An Original Work / July 18, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You